Matthew And The Didache : Two Documents from the Same Jewish-Christian Milieu. Edited By Huub van de Sandt. ASSEN : 2005.

Leiden, Assen, Minneapolis: Brill Academic Publishers - Royal Van Gorcum / Fortress Press, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. ASSEN : 2005. [ Printed in the Netherlands.]. Text in English with some French. Hardback. Black pictorial laminated boards as issued. Binding bright. Text tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. (vi), 310 pages. Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-263). Indexes. CONTENTS: I. Milieu -- 1. Hypothesis on the development of Judaism and Christianity in Syria in the period after 70 C.E. by Bas ter Haar Romeny -- 2. The milieu of Matthew, the Didache, and Ignatius of Antioch: agreements and differences by Clayton N. Jefford -- II. The two documents: their provenance and origin -- 3. The history and social setting of the Matthean community by Wim Weren -- 4. When, why, and for whom was the Didache created? Insights into the social and historical setting of the Didache communities by Aaron Milavec -- III. Two documents from the same Jewish-Christian milieu? -- 5. The Sermon on the Mount and the two ways teaching of the Didache by Kari Syreeni -- 6. The use of the Synoptics or Q in Did. 1:3b-2:1 by John S. Kloppenborg -- 7. The halakhic evidence of Didache 8 and Matthew 6 and the Didache community's relationship to Judaism by Peter J. Tomson -- 8. Didache 9-10: a litmus test for the research on early Christian liturgy Eucharist by Gerard Rouwhorst -- 9. Les charismatiques itine´rants dans la Didache` et dans l'E´vangile de Matthieu (with an English abstract) by Andre´ Tuilier -- 10. Two windows on a developing Jewish-Christian reproof practice: Matt 18:15-17 and Did. 15:3 by Huub van de Sandt -- 11. Eschatology in the Didache and the Gospel of Matthew by Joseph Verheyden -- 12. Do the Didache and Matthew reflect an "irrevocable parting of the ways" with Judaism? by Jonathan A. Draper. SUMMARY: Scholars from the United States, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and South Africa analyze the complex relationship between the Gospel of Matthew and the Didache. They discuss the implications not only for scholars' understanding of these two ancient documents but for the development of Christianity, Jewish-Christian relations, and the history of liturgy. The contributors are: Bas ter Haar Romeny Clayton N. Jefford Wim Weren Aaron Milavec Kari Syreeni John S. Kloppenborg Peter J. Tomson Gerard Rouwhorst Andre Tuilier Huub van de Sandt Joseph Verheyden Jonathan A. Draper.**Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Lg.8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].